on this friday. mike got an update just 90 minutes ago on the progress made today. >> reporter: 50% of the paving is done, 50% of the westbound lanes. 20% coming back the other way has been completely paveed. behind me, the striping already getting under way here as you make your approach to the toll plaza. a man over there in a cart is mixing some paint. going back and forth dropping these lines. we were out here this morning and talk about a different scene just 9-10 hours ago. it shows you just how fast these crews are working to get the bridge open on time and maybe even early. grinders and pavers left and right, up and down. >> on the westbound side, all grinding is compete. >> reporter: the star of the show standing tall looking down from above. >> it's exciting. >> reporter: an on schedule. pounding the upper deck of the

old span, ripping away a thousand foot section to make way for a path to be used by cyclists and pedestrians. >> they had to demolish this section to the public can start using the bike path on tuesday morning at noon. >> reporter: looking east through the tunnel is this view. up close you can see crews blasting above. >> any time you do clean that tunnel, there are a lot of very strict procedures you have to follow to make sure it's done in an environmentally responsibly way. >> reporter: what i really wanted to do was give you a different perspective. we decided to put the camera on the hood and off we went. >> probably one of the most impressive roadway structures i've seen. >> reporter: officer daniel hill says the new span has that wide open feel and they'll be looking for speeders. >> we expect drivers to get the feel need to speed.

you might let the accelerator go and you might get yourself into a dangerous situation. >> reporter: back live at the toll plaza watching these crews make some marks on the approach to the toll plaza. the striping well under way in the westbound lanes. ceremonial chain cutting ceremony still slated for monday afternoon. i asked cal-trans is there a possibility they could open the bridge monday night. the spokesperson said right now, no. scheduled open still slated for tuesday at 5:00 a.m. >> we now go to the traffic center tracking the evening commute. >> it's a little better, but not all that much. we have our news chopper 2 helping us out as usual with the afternoon commute. you can look at the toll plaza here eastbound. by the time you get to the toll plaza, it is moving along well. if you're trying to get to the

peninsula heading westbound, now is a good time to go. there's a long line of traffic getting to that toll plaza. this is a look at 80 westbound. that's pretty slow. i do want to mention that marin continues to be one of our worst commutes. you can see the traffic here is going to be slow all the way through. if you are driving up to central, that's about a 25-30 minute drive to go 10 miles. more like 30-35 minutes to go that way. let's go back to you. an enormous amount of work is being done on the western span of the bridge. we went there today to see the months worth of repairs that are being done this weekend. >> reporter: when there are little or no cars on the west

span, cal-trans can do extreme maintenance which is done at 30 times the normal rate. in reality, the bay bridge is two bridges connected by the island. the new eastern span and the more famous western suspension span. both are closed right now. that gave cal-trans an important opportunity. >> as long as we have this closure, we'll take advantage of it. >> reporter: with virtually no traffic on the bridge, the amount of maintenance work being done is enormous. the western span is host to scores of contractor crews working right up to the opening deadline as well. >> we can accomplish as much as we normally do in 3-4 months. this is a great saveings for the taxpayers, for us. it's safer. >> reporter: among the things being done -- painting electrical work, pavement repairs, replacements of lights, clearing out draining,

removing graffiti, and cleaning up litter. >> it's so much easier to work in the daytime. >> reporter: engineers and earthquake inspectors can take all the time they need to check each and every joint including a vast array of seismic monitoring equipment and the giant shock absorbers retro fitted into the bridge after the northridge walk. >> this is a luxury they don't often get. >> reporter: previous closures were successfully used to accelerate maintenance work, but this is by far the most ambitious. >> work continues around the clock as we count down to the opening of the new bay bridge. still to come, the closure of the bridge is prompting many residents to opt for a staycation this holiday weekend. two police shootings in san jose have residents on edge

tonight. both started as robberies. we are live in san jose where we spoke to rattled neighbors. >> reporter: at this hour, there is still a lot of activity at san yes,sir police headquarters. police are being very careful in investigating the scene after an officer shot at this main, raymond anthony cardines after he robbed a safeway store and then brandished an air soft pistol at an officer. he was not struck and surrendered quickly. >> it doesn't get much more hazardous than what you believe to be an armed handgun pointing a gun at an officer. >> reporter: according to

investigators, the men fled in a vehicle but were spotted by officers in a parking lot. one man ran away, the other sped off. the driver crashed into a fence and in trying to get away pinned the officer with the car. the officer then shot the suspect several times and he was taken to the hospital. >> i heard the shots and somebody hitting another car of some sort and i came out and noticed the guy was across the street and he was screaming help me, help me i've been shot. >> it just happened, you know? i mean, i don't know why it happened. i'm hoping they don't live around this area. >> reporter: police have not released many details about the man who was shot except to say he was 23 years old.

live in san jose for ktvu channel 2 news. a san jose grandmother is in the hospital after she was seriously hurt in a house fire. flames filled the home. firefighters went into the burning home on their hands and knees and pulled the woman out from a back bedroom. >> she wasn't breathing when they got there. they had taken her from the shower, i suppose. i hope everything turns out okay for them. >> the woman who is in her 70s is in critical condition. her son was also taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. president obama made his strongest statements yet on the crisis in syria saying he is considering a, quote, limited narrow act on syria. he said that the evidence is clear, chemical weapons were used on innocent civilians and hundreds of children. >> we've released our deils

with high confidence that the syrian regime carried out a chemical weapons attack that killed well over a thousand people including hundreds of children. we cannot accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale. >> the president said he was consulting with congress about a possible u.s. military response, but he also said any attack would not involve american troops on the ground in syria. secretary of state john kerry today detailed the evidence of chemical weapons that he says inspectors have found in syria. >> we know that for three days before the attack the syrian regime chemical weapons personnel were on the ground in the area making preparations. and we know that the syrian regime elements were told to prepare for the attack by

putting on gas masks and taking precautions associated with chemical weapons. >> in what appeared to be a nod to a war-weary public, kerry went on to say fatigue does not absolve us of our responsibility. today we spoke to a uc berkley political science professor. he says this differs from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> the evidence is absolutely clear. journalists, individual observers have gathered this evidence. we have very good evidence on film of what happened. this is a little bit different. you don't have to trust the american government in order to see that chemical weapons were used. >> he says the fall out from a u.s. military response could be mixed. he believes that most countries would support a u.s. military action. he says many muslim countries would fall into that category

as well since the regime is viewed negatively in the muslim world. a california ban still stands. it went into effect july 1st of last year and it's produced when a duck a force fed to make its liver larger than normal. forget about working around the bay bridge closure this holiday weekend. how about a staycation? the bay area spots local people are heading. plus, a strike at the airport, but it won't impact your flight. and a slight chance of a shower over your labor day weekend. when and where you could run into this unusual holiday weather.

we just -- [ no audio ] >> we just received this new video into the news room from a helicopter. crews are helping with the rim wild fire with air support and water drops. evacuation advisories have been lifted for some cities. mandatories evacuation orders remain in place for those living near the southeastern edge of the wild fire. the rim wild fire has now grown to almost 202,000 acres and it is still only 32% contained. 4900 firefighters are battling the flames. full containment isn't expected until september 20th. three of the 71 buildings have been destroyed by the

fire. the director of the jewish summer camp says the torra that survived the holocaust was saved. a 25-year-old man is under arrest accused of killing two relatives. police say the suspect called 911 at about 2:30 this morning to say there were two people injured inside a home on terra hills drive. officers founds the victims bodies inside two separate bedrooms. authorities say they are a man and a woman over 50. police say the suspect is related to the victims but didn't say how. >> i can assure you this is an isolated incident. it doesn't show any trends we're receivingful it's an isolated incident. we're certain we have the one person of interest in custody at this time. >> detectives haven't said how the two victims died or what the motive may have been. fast food and retail worker

held a one-day strike today to protest what they're calling unfair labor practices. >> we want justice for workers. >> those striking workers work for the hms host company that runs food services and stores at the airport. a union worker told us the offer includes conditions employees say they can't live with. >> they want to take away our medical benefits, they want to freeze our wages, take away our vacation time that we have, and they also want us to only have 12 sick days and vacation days per year. >> the union says employees have been working without a contract for more than a year. hms host did not comment on today's labor action. checking back in on the bay bridge construction. we're counting down with three days, 10 hours, and about 43

minutes left until the bridge is scheduled to reopen. we are live at great america in santa clara where the idea of a staycation has taken on new meaning in light of the bay bridge closure. >> reporter: tomorrow california's great america will be packed. the theme park and other area attractions are hoping to get a few extra visitors thanks to the bridge closure, people who decide they'd rather sit on rides than in traffic. not just to be near the board walk and the beach, but to be away from the bridge. >> when we remembered the bay bridge was closed, we planned to come away from there. >> reporter: the family decided they just didn't want to risk being tied up in traffic. >> we had decided because the weather was nice that maybe we should go the opposite way and just kind of stay away. >> reporter: the bay bridge closure is keeping many south bay residents close to home .

labor day weekend may be even busier. the chamber of commerce calls that good news. >> we love a little staycation. it keeps the locals local. there's all kinds of things to do this weekend. the circus is in town. there's another event called the bacon festival. >> reporter: he's going to give the old staycation a try. the thought of that all that traffic made him scrap a trip to reno. >> there's enough to do here. >> reporter: both great america and the santa cruz board walk are already expecting big crowds. with that, some traffic. they say it won't be anything too out of the ordinary for a holiday weekend. >> what are you going to do this weekend? join the conversation on

facebook where viewers are telling us if they're hitting the road or opting for a staycation instead. the weekend looks nice. today was the warmest day and temperatures will trend down from there. the satellite loop shows spinning from the northwest. it shouldn't bring us rain. there's a chance it could as we get into sunday and monday. here it is. as it drops close to us, it will be the impact of increasing the marine layer, the fog, and it's going to trend temperatures down each day with a strong on-shore flow and fog making it pretty far inland especially as we get into sunday and monday. so the fog is sticking right at the hills. the heat is away from the marine layer, away from the cooler moisture air. the forecast will be for

slightly cooler. the san francisco airport, you're coming up on 30 miles an hour. i'm sure you have gusts about 30-35 miles an hour. overnight lows, 60 in livermore. 62 in san jose. the fog forecast shows it coming back in tomorrow morning just like it did thissening no. the big push tomorrow will be as we get into sunday morning and monday morning. those reds, they're there. they'll be mostly upper 80s. today we had a lot of mid-90s. that will take the moist cool air, it will motor it inland. this pattern will help firefighters up in the rim fire area. they'll also get increased humidity and lower temperatures. temperatures trend down as we mentioned. the hottest day was today and

saturday and sunday it trends down. this cloud cover that comes in sunday morning early or saturday night into sunday morning could bring a few sprinkles and more moisture moves in as we head into sunday morning and you can see another chance -- that's what we're watching, for the chance of a few sprinkles as we get into sunday night, monday, and even into monday evening. five-day forecast, it is a nice- looking weekend. those rain chances will probably go away if we're lucky. >> bring a jacket if you're going to the bears game tomorrow night. >> things going on sunday and monday will be cool. coming up at 7:00, california firefighters testing military grade equipment to battle the rim fire in yosemite. why crews say it's a huge advantage. and the situation heating up in syria. as president obama publicly

weighs in on the situation. join us at 7 00 on tv 36. hi. we have the first high school friday night football game of the week. alameda hosting dublin. we'll have a live report.

love this time of year, a return of high school football. an our game of the week. >> we are live at thompson field in alameda. >> reporter: it's a nonconference game. when it's a season opener, you know these young athletes are pumped up. i'm with the head coach of the hornets. he's an alumni here. this has to be exciting for the coaches. >> fun to get out here and play some football. we've been working out since january. >> reporter: 3-7 last year. it looked like you were in about every single game. that has to be encouraging, especially since you have so many returners. >> we lost four of those in the final minute. we feel if we get out there and do everything it takes, we'll

turn those into wins. >> reporter: you have eli hernandez. i imagine this will be a combination using the pistol offense in high school. come on! >> we feel he can throw the ball and also run the ball well. we're going to put it up to him and see what he can do. >> reporter: is it easy for these young guys to pick that up? is it more adaptive stuff or is it really a discipline offense? >> one thing is that they don't have habits. we just train them up on what we want to see. >> reporter: good luck. high school football coach of the alameeda hornets taking on the dublin gails. tonight we'll have highlights at 10:00. first game, i've got goose bumps. >> couldn't have asked for

better weather either. we're always here for you. we'll see you back here tonight at 10. >> nothing like high school football. good night, everyone.

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